The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 24th September 2019 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 24th September 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: What might get thrown, if pub's beginning meals with no starterPUNCHESAAcross 8: Rubbish setter, perhaps, but one with tenacious spiritBULLDOGAAcross 9: Draw? Point for football team, commonlyTOWNAAcross 10: State of confusion in Salem about first to tour non-European capitalMAELSTROMAAcross 12: This female's working as a flying fish catcherHERONAAcross 13: Cause to look foolish, if improperly fit and lustySTULTIFYAAcross 15: Ring road in Belgium, around its capitalEUROAAcross 16: Song originally on release when backing Prince?ROYALAAcross 17: Coin about right for one from these shoresBRITAAcross 18: PDSA role in treatment for catsLEOPARDSAAcross 20: Bloody Mary following dance? No harm in it!BALLYAAcross 21: Sloth potentially extremely boring? Wrong!DEADLY SINAAcross 22: Politician after very good solicitorPIMPAAcross 24: Beastly European old man replaced by West Indian leaderSWINISHAAcross 25: Chap taking the strain? He's a saintPATRICKDDown 1: Novelist with great love for EnglishHUGODDown 2: Outline result, if arsenic mixed with oxygenSCENARIODDown 3: Hamburger, say, as part of hunger management?GERMANDDown 4: Eejit is senseless, but no b***** nutcase?NUMSKULLDDown 5: Bit of broccoli left over after essential part cut offFLORETDDown 6: John and Mark seem ominously closeLOOMDDown 11: Lamb, Bacon etc? Try in soups, then stews primarilyESSAYISTSDDown 12: Put up with uniform, initially, when made to wear stockingsHOUSEDDown 14: Rather lost out as Puck?FAIRYDDown 16: Move to live in the country where river is in swellRURALISEDDown 17: Approximate Spoonerism of which makes another setter make a beastly noise?BALLPARKDDown 19: Obvious time for a legal statement of grievancePLAINTDDown 20: Talk to writer about rubbish setting?BINBAGDDown 21: Party with odd bits of wine to drinkDOWNDDown 23: Nutmeg's sibling is a symbol of authority in the 12 downMACE